ARTS ARMY - FAC Conference 2018: Full Schedule

5:30pm MDT

Conference Registration Desk Opens

Thursday October 18, 2018 5:30pm - 7:00pm MDT
Chianti Room 6

7:00pm MDT

Welcome Reception

Limited Capacity seats available

Join us as we welcome you to our 2018 conference. Light appetizers will be provided; cash bar. We will also have performers from Canadian School Presenters to entertain the attendees!

Thursday October 18, 2018 7:00pm - 10:00pm MDT
Chianti Room 6

Entertainment, Reception

7:00am MDT

Yoga

Speakers

Tamie Murphy

Yoga Instructor, Yoga & Beyond

Coming to my mat each and every day to practice yoga is what helps to keep me grounded in the crazy hectic world. I began practicing yoga about 20 years ago. Although there were times throughout those years that my yoga practice faltered, the lessons it has always taught me about... Read More →

Friday October 19, 2018 7:00am - 7:30am MDT
Madeira Room 7

Entertainment, Yoga

7:30am MDT

Breakfast, Conference Registration

Limited Capacity seats available

Friday October 19, 2018 7:30am - 9:00am MDT
Chianti Room 6

Meal, Breakfast

8:30am MDT

Morning Song

Limited Capacity seats available

Speakers

Monty Sunchild-Baptiste

Monty Sunchild-Baptiste has worked with youth, as a youth worker, for ten years and as an indigenous resource worker for a residential treatment facility for boys. He is currently a student at Yellowhead Tribal College. He also enjoys attending pow-wows, round dances, various ceremonies... Read More →

Friday October 19, 2018 8:30am - 8:45am MDT
Chianti Room 6

Indigenous Arts, Breakfast

9:00am MDT

Drama Session 1A: Fine Arts Week

Limited Capacity seats available

In a world where band programs are being cancelled, I set out to create a fine arts week of activities for the Citizens of Drayton Valley and its surrounding community. It was way easier than it sounds. So join me and learn how I advocated for the arts in my community. All with a couple emails, $176.00 in donations and 42 recycled campaign signs.

Speakers

Mike Wheeler

Treasurer, Fine Arts Council

Mike Wheeler teaches Drama and Math in Drayton Valley, a community of approximately 6000 citizens.

Friday October 19, 2018 9:00am - 10:15am MDT
Champage Room 16

Drama, K-12

9:00am MDT

Drama Session 1B: Maker Spaces with a Drama Focus

"Make Me a Maker" is a practical, hands-on workshop that gets teachers to consider and create various ways to engage learners via "making". Participants will get a chance to, create together, learn a bit about how the movement works and pick up useful ideas for their classes. Laurie has been a Drama educator for many years and infuses this ATA presentation with some specific Drama costume and design connections as well as green initiatives. This session has been developed for teachers grade 2-12 and would be extremely useful for those just starting out.

Speakers

Laurie Mitchell

Drama Rep, SARFAC, SARFAC

Laurie studied Drama and English at the University of Saskatchewan and completed a Masters in Education at the University of Calgary. She has taught English and Drama forever at the high school and University levels! She has performed in and directed many musicals. Laurie has been... Read More →

Friday October 19, 2018 9:00am - 10:15am MDT
Cognac Room 15

Drama

9:00am MDT

Indigenous Arts Session 1: Weaving Movement and Music

Limited Capacity full
Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.

First Nation communities throughout Canada have many different types of music and celebrations that are unique to their community and/or nation. The music and celebrations explored within this workshop will be focused on Powwows and Round Dances. During this workshop you will learn ways to explore Powwow and Round Dance through storytelling using movement and songs, bridging culture and curriculum to create an authentic learning experience. You will learn how to create this experience within your own classroom, as well as learn a few dance steps!

Speakers

Melissa Purcell

Executive Staff Officer, Indigenous Education, Professional Development, Alberta Teachers' Association

Melissa Purcell is Denesuline, born and raised in Edmonton, and a member of Thebatthi in Treaty 8 territory. Melissa is a proud mother of one son and two daughters, and the oldest of her three sisters. Melissa is deeply committed to supporting Indigenous education and advancing truth... Read More →

FAC Movement and Music pptx

Friday October 19, 2018 9:00am - 10:15am MDT
Madeira Room 7

Indigenous Arts, Grades K-12

9:00am MDT

Music Session 1A: Listen! Let's Move It! (Active Listening Program through Movements)

Limited Capacity filling up

This presentation is intended to provide a quick overview for music teachers who are developing and enriching their own music program in their schools. It focuses on attentive and active listening to different genres of music by utilizing various strategies and movement activities / games including using GarageBand (Computer Music Program) in order to create a meaningful and engaging learning experience for the children.

An electronic device is not required to get benefit out of this session, but participants may bring their GarageBand-compatible devices, if they would like.

Speakers

Winnie Fung

Music, Taradale School

Winnie Fung is currently teaching Music at one of the schools in the northeast area with the Calgary Board of Education. She has years of experience working with diverse students with different needs. Lifelong learning is her goal of her learning and teaching journey. With her passion... Read More →

Friday October 19, 2018 9:00am - 10:15am MDT
Beaujolais Room 10

Music, K-4

9:00am MDT

Music Session 1B: Teaching French Immersion Elementary Music

Limited Capacity seats available

This session will focus on the sharing of French immersion music resources. This will include French folk songs levelled by grade and outcome as laid out by the Alberta Program of Studies, as well as orchestrations that pair nicely with traditional French folk tunes. This session will focus on Kindergarten to Grade 5 French immersion music. Anyone wanting to include some French language into their music classes will also benefit from this session.

Speakers

Erin George-Samuel

Music, Wilson Middle School

95 Kings Cres S

Meagan Thorlakson

Friday October 19, 2018 9:00am - 10:15am MDT
Bordeaux Room 9

Music, K-4

9:00am MDT

Visual Art Session 1B: Mini Canvases

Limited Capacity seats available

Create the perfect seasonal gift (Mother’s Day, Valentine’s Day, Father’s Day, etc.) of mini canvases to be displayed on a miniature easel. These little pieces of art are perfect for poetry, inspirational quotes and cross curricular celebrations. Participants will explore a variety of techniques (stenciling, molding paste and collage) while making little canvas to be displayed on the miniature easel. Easels are simple to display year-round while changing canvases with the seasons. Participants will design and make up to three canvases depending on the workshop length.

There is a $5 materials fee for this session, payable on the conference registration site or at the session.

Speakers

Heather Willms

ESL Lead Teacher, Lethbridge School District 51 and Fine Arts Council

Heather Willms is the ESL Lead Teacher for Lethbridge School District 51. As an arts education specialist, she uses the visual arts as a tool to scaffold for language acquisition and social transition for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CLD) learners.

Elissa Willms

Hopscotch Quilt Shop

Friday October 19, 2018 9:00am - 10:15am MDT
Medoc Room 14

Visual Art, Grades K-9

9:00am MDT

Visual Art Session 1C: Color Theory for All Grade Levels

Limited Capacity filling up

Discover how to use color without the boredom of the color wheel. Learn how to use contour lines to teach form to all levels of artists from grade 2-12. We will explore how to use the elements of design such as line, value and color as the grammar to create art.

There is a $5 materials fee for this session, payable on the conference registration site or at the session.

Speakers

Laura Mulvey

Assistant Principal, Calgary Catholic School District

Laura has been a art teacher for over 20 years in elementary, junior high and high schools. She has taught privately for children and adults as well. Laura currently serves as Assistant Principal for St. Isidore Online School.

Friday October 19, 2018 9:00am - 10:15am MDT
Piesporter Room 5

Visual Art, Grades 1-12

9:00am MDT

Visual Art Session 1A/2A: Eggs! Eggs! Eggs!

Limited Capacity seats available

In this session you will create your own Pysanky Eggs using the traditional method of wax resist dyeing. No previous knowledge is required. Participants may come with ideas of what to create and colours they wish to use but it is not required. I will have some images to inspire. You will leave this session with a completed egg or a few, and if you wish to purchase a basic kit I will have them available for $20.00 (kistka, wax, dyes).

Please note that this is an extended session. A materials fee of $10 can be paid on our conference registration website or on the day of the session.

Speakers

Renu Mathew

Art, Ceramics, Cosmetology Teacher, Olds High School

Renu Mathew is a Professional Artist and has been teaching Art, Ceramics and Cosmetology at Olds High School for 19 years. She is a juried member of The Alberta Society of Artists. In her summer holidays she occasionally works in film and television as a Makeup Artist. She has worked... Read More →

Friday October 19, 2018 9:00am - 11:45am MDT
Chablis Room 12

Visual Art, 5-12

10:15am MDT

Break

Friday October 19, 2018 10:15am - 10:30am MDT
TBA

Break

10:30am MDT

Dance Session 2: Non-Specialist Activites for Dance Classrooms

Limited Capacity seats available

This session is for both dance specialist teachers looking for ideas they can use with substitute teachers, or non-specialist teachers who are looking for activities they can use to incorporate dance and movement into their classrooms. In this session, teachers will be provided with several activities that can be used as a part of your sub plans, or for incorporating into your classroom teaching. Come prepared to move it, shake it and have some fun.

Speakers

Stacy Kelba

President, Fine Arts Council

Friday October 19, 2018 10:30am - 11:45am MDT
Chianti Room 6

Dance, Grades K-9

10:30am MDT

Drama Session 2A: Under the Umbrella - Drama Pedagogy as Entry to Arts Based Education

Limited Capacity seats available

This session explores drama pedagogy as an umbrella approach to other art forms in interdisciplinary study. It presents two projects The Water Reckoning : an international collaboration on water sustainability and I Galileo: An exploration of the ethics of science and discovery through children literature.

Glenn will present some key drama strategies that provide access and gateways into multidisciplinary work. The term Umbrella, coined by Dr Sue Davis (Australia) refers to the way in which critical thinking about dramatic contexts often opens up possibilities to explore work through other art forms such as dance music and visual arts.

Speakers

Glenn Taylor

Drama Representative, Fine Arts Council

Glenn is currently a teacher at Sir Wilfrid Laurier School, Calgary. His storied career as a performer and teacher includes over 25 years as founding member or OzFrank Theatre (Australia), performing numerous roles in both edgy and epic productions of classics such as Oedipus, The... Read More →

Under an Umbrella Teaching Through the Arts pdf

Under an Umbrella pdf

Under an Umbrella Participant Booklet pdf

Friday October 19, 2018 10:30am - 11:45am MDT
Champage Room 16

Drama, Grades 7-9

10:30am MDT

Indigenous Arts Session 2: Métis Music and Dance in the Elementary Classroom

Limited Capacity filling up

Shortly after the resistance of 1885 Louis Riel stated “My people will sleep for one hundred years, but when they awake, it will be the artists who give them their spirit.”

Come experience the lively Métis spirit through song and dance. Participants will be engaged in a variety of Métis music making acitivities for all elementary aged students.

Speakers

Nicole Schutz - Parkallen

Parkallen School, EPSB

Nicole Schutz has called Edmonton, Alberta home for 20 years and lives there with her husband and 10 year old son. She has been a music specialist with Edmonton Public Schools for 15 years and has lead several children’s choir and Orff instrument ensemble groups. She received a... Read More →

Friday October 19, 2018 10:30am - 11:45am MDT
Madeira Room 7

Indigenous Arts, Grades K-6

10:30am MDT

Music Session 2A: Choral Reading Session

Limited Capacity seats available

Featuring great works for the elementary to high school choir. Attendees will read through and sing the works, and be provided with additional ideas on instruction options. Attendees will purchase a package that they can take home with them.

There is a $15 materials fee for this session, payable on the conference registration site or at the session.

Speakers

Erin George-Samuel

Music, Wilson Middle School

95 Kings Cres S

Daniel Hall

Master of Music Candidate, University of Alberta

Dan Hall is a vocalist and educator originating from Lethbridge, AB. Having participated in many operas and choirs in southern Alberta, as well as completing his education degree from the Univerisity of Lethbridge, Dan has had the opportunity to teach choir as well as direct local... Read More →

Friday October 19, 2018 10:30am - 11:45am MDT
Bordeaux Room 9

Music, Grades 3-12

10:30am MDT

Music Session 2B: Elementary Handbells - Tips and Cheats for Making Handbells Accessible

Limited Capacity filling up

Scared to use that wonderful set of handbells you have? In this session, music teachers will learn how students from Grade 3 up can make music on handbells with little or no ability to read standard music notation. They will also learn how to adapt scores to make them accessible to a wide range of abilities as the students gain more experience and confidence. I will demonstrate how, by partnering chimes and bells, students with different physical and mental challenges can also be successful members of a handbell ensemble.

Speakers

Sally McIntosh

Lynnwood School (Edmonton Public)

Sally McIntosh is an elementary music specialist at Lynnwood School in Edmonton, with degrees in music performance and education from the University of Alberta. She has also been a conductor with Cantilon Choirs for the past 15 years. Because her school has a very diverse and sometimes... Read More →

Friday October 19, 2018 10:30am - 11:45am MDT
Beaujolais Room 10

Music, Grades 3-5

10:30am MDT

Visual Art Session 2B: Basket Weave Quilting; Textiles

Limited Capacity seats available

The Intricacies of textile piecing are vast and varied and the hunt is on to get complicated looking, impressive results with the easiest and simplest methods. So it is with this Basket Weave technique.
This has been used in elementary school classrooms since the dawn of affordable, colored paper with excellent results! Take two layers of different colors, cut the lines, turn one piece 90 degrees and weave. Granted, there needs to be some adaptations with the use of fabrics especially if you DETEST Raw Edges! However there are many applications where this sort of process is just the ticket.

There is a $2 materials fee for this session, payable on the conference registration site or at the session.

Speakers

Helen Berscheid

Calgary Catholic School District

Retirement from teaching gives Helen Berscheid time to more seriously pursue her fine art work in Painting and Art Textiles. She takes time to teach workshops in both categories and take classes herself to learn new techniques and applications. Her inspiration for art comes from nature... Read More →

Friday October 19, 2018 10:30am - 11:45am MDT
Medoc Room 14

Visual Art, Grades 5-12

10:30am MDT

Visual Art Session 2C: Brushstrokes and Breezes - Introducing Silk Painting to Students

Limited Capacity full
Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.

We spend so much time working with paper and pencil, perhaps it is time to expand our art lessons into other cultures and mediums. This session will introduce you to the materials and methods needed to start painting on Habotai silk with bamboo brushes in an Asian style with an African motif. If you'd like to purchase the resist medium, brush and practice silk there is a ten dollar fee for this session. Maximum 12 participants.

There is a $10 materials fee for this session, payable on the conference registration site or at the session.

Speakers

Laurel Pritchard

Generalist/Integration, Beaverlodge Elementary School

Laurel has been teaching art in the Elementary classroom for over 25 years. More recently she has been teaching full time in an integrated Fine Arts program in northwestern Alberta. She is always on the hunt for new projects and experiences that will give her students a broader creative... Read More →

Friday October 19, 2018 10:30am - 11:45am MDT
Piesporter Room 5

Visual Art, Grades 5-9

11:45am MDT

Lunch

Limited Capacity seats available

Friday October 19, 2018 11:45am - 1:00pm MDT
Chianti Room 6

Meal, Lunch

1:00pm MDT

Swap Shop - Lesson Plan Share Session

Limited Capacity seats available

The Swap Shop is a section of the conference where delegates from will get together in their subject areas to share and swap lesson plans. We ask all delegates to bring something to share!

How it Works:

Click the Dropbox link
Save your document as a Word or PDF file
Name the file in the proper format (see below; this makes it easy to sort the files later)
Upload the file to the Dropbox

An email will also be sent out inviting all teachers to share a document in a Dropbox folder. Teachers should submit either Word or PDF files. The title of the file should be named the following way (to make organizing simpler):

Subject - Division Level - Title of Lesson - Teacher Name

Examples:
Drama - Division 4 - Improv Lesson - Wheeler
Art - Division 1 - Finger Painting - Janson
Music - Division 2 and Division 3 - Learning Music Scales - Mr Dee

Once all the files from delegates have been submitted to the Dropbox, the FAC Executive will reorganize them by subject and by division level (this is why it is important to label files correctly). When this is done the email link to view the folder will be emailed out to all delegates. The files will be sorted and the link shared again following the conference.

So, submit something to swap and share!

Speakers

Julie Herman

Generalist/Integration, Calgary Board of Education

Julie Herman received her B.Ed. from the University of Calgary. She is the ATA Fine Arts Council Generalist Executive Member, in her position for the last 4 years, and promoting fine arts in the generalist teaching world. She was ATA Fine Arts Conference Chair in 2016 in Kananaskis... Read More →

Stacy Kelba

President, Fine Arts Council

Laura Mulvey

Assistant Principal, Calgary Catholic School District

Glenn Taylor

Drama Representative, Fine Arts Council

Mike Wheeler

Treasurer, Fine Arts Council

Mike Wheeler teaches Drama and Math in Drayton Valley, a community of approximately 6000 citizens.

Kimberly Friesen Wiens

Fine Arts Council (FAC)

Kim Friesen Wiens is an elementary music specialist with Edmonton Public Schools. She has taught for over twenty years, including many early learning settings. Currently she is working on her PhD at the University of Alberta. Kim serves as editor of A Fine Facta, which is the... Read More →

Friday October 19, 2018 1:00pm - 2:30pm MDT
Chianti Room 6

Swap Shop, Grades 1-12

2:30pm MDT

Featured Speaker: AFA Support for Arts in the School

Learn how the Alberta Foundation for the Arts (AFA) can help you achieve your goals: for your school, your students, and your own artistic practice and professional development. Aaron Talbot will provide an overview of the AFA and the Government of Alberta’s Arts Branch, including funding and scholarship opportunities, the AFA art collection, and online resources that are available to you and your students.

Speakers

Aaron Talbot

Arts Services Consultant - Communications, Alberta Foundation for the Arts

Friday October 19, 2018 2:30pm - 4:00pm MDT
Piesporter Room 5

Featured Speaker, Grades K-12

2:30pm MDT

Featured Speaker: Curriculum Update

Speakers

Kathryn Smith

Senior Manager, Alberta Education

Friday October 19, 2018 2:30pm - 4:00pm MDT
Beaujolais Room 10

Featured Speaker

2:30pm MDT

Featured Speaker: Social Justice and the Arts

The feature presentation will be based on a role drama on worldviews, treaty making and reconciliation that Diane has developed with her pre-service drama education students and which her students and she facilitated with a high school Advanced Acting class at Ross Sheppard School. The Ross Sheppard drama teacher, Kristen Forsyth, some of her high school students, some Diane's pre-service drama teachers and Diane herself will be presenting on their experiences of developing and participating in the drama.

Speakers

Diane Conrad

Friday October 19, 2018 2:30pm - 4:00pm MDT
Bordeaux Room 9

Featured Speaker, Grades 10-12

2:30pm MDT

Featured Speaker: Transformative Education - West Coast First Nations Art and Culture

Studying West Coast First Nations art, history, iconography and storytelling provide authentic learning experiences for youth and adults alike and have a transformative impact on the way people can begin to see and interact with our living world in holistic ways. In this presentation, participants will build knowledge about the significance of oral societies and the role of story in West Coast Nations. How art is utilized to symbolize important figures, in ceremony and to represent social status and family lineage will be a major focus. As part of this learning, attendees will explore and examine how this awareness directly connects to curriculum across the grades and disciplines. Please join Vanessa Munroe and Rick Wolcott in this gathering of the minds and be sure to bring along a sketchbook and a copy of your curriculum as well.

Speakers

Vanessa Munroe

Innovative Education Learning Leader, Calgary Board of Education

Vanessa Munroe is a Calgary-based art/o/grapher whose love for West Coast art and design led to her meeting Rick Wolcott ten years ago. Since her initial visit in his Museum of Civilizations-like garage, Vanessa’s love for carving has blossomed and greatly influenced her research... Read More →

Rick Wolcott

Rick Wolcott is a Salish carver who has been practicing since he was five years of age. After carving a man in a canoe with a found pocket knife, his grandfather taught him traditional tool making and how to represent West Coast stories in wood form. Rick has been passing on his love... Read More →

Friday October 19, 2018 2:30pm - 4:00pm MDT
Madeira Room 7

Featured Speaker, Grades K-12

5:00pm MDT

Banquet

Friday October 19, 2018 5:00pm - 8:00pm MDT
TBA

Meal, Banquet

7:00am MDT

Yoga

Speakers

Tamie Murphy

Yoga Instructor, Yoga & Beyond

Saturday October 20, 2018 7:00am - 7:30am MDT
Madeira Room 7

Entertainment, Yoga

7:30am MDT

Breakfast, Conference Registration

Limited Capacity seats available

Saturday October 20, 2018 7:30am - 9:00am MDT
Chianti Room 6

Meal, Breakfast

9:00am MDT

Dance Session 3: Dances for the Music, Physical Education, Drama and Social Studies Classroom

Limited Capacity seats available

Learn about some of the community, folk and creative dances that I have picked up in the last 20 years.These dances have been used in music, physical education, and elementary social studies classrooms. Although the dances have prescribed movements, there is a lot of opportunity for students to improvise and create. You can start these dances on Monday with your students, and they can be used in school-wide or classroom performances.

Speakers

Zennon Szabo

Art Smith Aviation Academy, Art Smith Aviation Academy

Zennon Szabo studied music/trumpet at UBC School of Music in Vancouver; Grant MacEwan University; and also the University of Alberta. Szabo transferred into education, has been teaching music/band for 20 years and has taught music to students from Kindergarten to grade 10 and band... Read More →

Saturday October 20, 2018 9:00am - 10:15am MDT
Madeira Room 7

Dance, Grades K-12

9:00am MDT

Drama Session 3A: Shaking Up Literacy - Physicalizing Shakespearean Text to Increase Engagement and Accessibility

Limited Capacity seats available

This session uses traditional and contemporary acting methods to outline the way that actor's play with text to help outline understanding for themselves and the audience. These same tools can be used to promote literacy and reading in an exciting and engaging way for every classroom and can alternatively (and more commonly) be used for acting skills and script analysis. By the end participants will appreciate the physicality, fun, and immediacy of Shakespeare.

Speakers

Neil Kuefler

Thou Art Here Theatre

Neil holds a BEd - Secondary & BFA in Acting with Distinction from the University of Alberta. For the over 12 years, Neil Kuefler has enjoyed a successful & growing career in the Alberta theatre community that has included performing for companies like Theatre Yes, Send in the Girls... Read More →

Saturday October 20, 2018 9:00am - 10:15am MDT
Cognac Room 15

Drama, Grades 3-12

9:00am MDT

Drama Session 3B: Teaching Improv for Junior High

Limited Capacity seats available

This session is an exploration of how structured creative work fosters both a skill base for performance and ensemble. IMPROV can also be an important part of devising new material. The session will address four topics:

What is IMPROV in the broader sense? Getting out of the head into the body - Improv Warmups
Games and their link to developing control of the Elements of Drama - Tension
Improv - working inside the viewpoints Deep Play (with a capital P) and composition
Improv Games and some conventions of the competitive scene

Speakers

Glenn Taylor

Drama Representative, Fine Arts Council

Saturday October 20, 2018 9:00am - 10:15am MDT
Champage Room 16

Drama, Grades 7-12

9:00am MDT

Music Session 3A: Ukulele in the General Music Classroom

Limited Capacity filling up

The ukulele is a fantastic vehicle for music instruction. While the ukulele can easily support a ukulele/voice only music program, it is can also be an excellent component for a general music program. This session will cover some approaches and techniques for teaching ukulele in the general music program including some activities inspired by Orff pedagogy and philosophy.

To get the most benefit, please bring your own ukulele to the session. Andy will have a very small number of loan instruments available. There is an additional materials fee of $2.00, payable on our conference registration site or at the session.

Saturday October 20, 2018 9:00am - 10:15am MDT
Beaujolais Room 10

Music, Grades 3-6

9:00am MDT

Music Session 3B: Exploring Social Justice Through Music

Limited Capacity seats available

This session will explore how students can use popular music to identify issues around social justice and arrange, create and perform these amazing works from this starting point. Ideas for future consideration will also be addressed, including the use of iMovie to create music videos.

Speakers

Kimberly Friesen Wiens

Fine Arts Council (FAC)

Saturday October 20, 2018 9:00am - 10:15am MDT
Bordeaux Room 9

Music, Grades 3-6

9:00am MDT

Visual Art Session 3A: Creative Textiles - Collage with a Needle and Thread

Limited Capacity filling up

Get your sewing hat on! This fine arts session introduces you to fabric collage art and the many ways these creative pieces of work can be integrated into your curriculum. This is a hands-on workshop, where you will be given inspirational ideas for connecting textile arts with core subjects across multiple grades, historical connections, then sew and take home your very own fabric masterpiece!

There is a materials fee for this session of $7.00 (payable on the conference registration website or at the session).

Speakers

Julie Herman

Generalist/Integration, Calgary Board of Education

Saturday October 20, 2018 9:00am - 10:15am MDT
Chablis Room 12

Visual Art, Grades 1-12

9:00am MDT

Indigenous Arts Sessions 3-5: West Coast Salish Carving

Limited Capacity seats available

Please note that this is a full day session.

Are you fascinated by West Coast First Nations art and design? Do you love the smell of freshly cut cedar? If so, please join Vanessa Munroe and Rick Wolcott for a full day tutorial on Salish art and design! In this session, students will learn about the names of key shapes, symbols and styles of West Coast indigenous art; we will examine oral stories and their relationship to traditional artforms; and we will create our very own featherboard plaques using hand crafted, time-honoured tools, such as the push knife and crooked knife.

There is an additional materials fee for this session of $30.00, payable on the conference registration site or at the session. Looking forward to sharing our passion with you!

Speakers

Vanessa Munroe

Innovative Education Learning Leader, Calgary Board of Education

Rick Wolcott

Saturday October 20, 2018 9:00am - 3:00pm MDT
Piesporter Room 5

Indigenous Arts, Grades 7-12

10:15am MDT

Break

Saturday October 20, 2018 10:15am - 10:30am MDT
TBA

Break

10:30am MDT

Dance Session 4: Improvised Creative Movement

Limited Capacity seats available

In this session, you will learn the basics of facilitating improvised dance and movement with your students. Improvised creative movement is improvised movements by students based on given stimuli. This creative movement style can be integrated into Drama and Musical Theatre classes, as well as the locally developed Dance Curriculums. This session will demonstrate how to facilitate improvised movement with your students, and as a result create confident, risk-taking dancers and movers in your classrooms.

Speakers

Victoria Waslen

EICS

Miss Victoria Waslen, BEd, BA, is currently a teacher at Archbishop Jordan High School (ABJ) in the department of Fine Arts instructing dance, drama, and musical theatre. She is also the founder and director of the ABJ Dance Collective program. Miss. Waslen trained in Fine Arts at... Read More →

Saturday October 20, 2018 10:30am - 11:45am MDT
Madeira Room 7

Dance, Grades 7-12

10:30am MDT

Drama Session 4B: [NEW] The Nuts & Bolts of Playwriting

Limited Capacity seats available

Inspire young playwrights in your classroom! In this workshop we’ll look at some of the building blocks of developing a new play, from initial idea to character development to dialogue. This will be a fun, hands-on session for all participants.

Speakers

Tracy Carroll

Edmonton Director/Dramaturg

Tracy has worked as a director, dramaturg, youth theatre programmer and producer for over 20 years including six years as the Artistic Associate- North for Alberta Playwrights’ Network and Artistic Associate at the Citadel Theatre where she co-created and directed KidsPlay @ the... Read More →

Saturday October 20, 2018 10:30am - 11:45am MDT
Champage Room 16

Drama, Grades 5-12

10:30am MDT

Music Session 4A: Unleashing the Creative Musical Mind

Limited Capacity seats available

Have you ever wondered how you can “draw” musical imagination and creativity out of young minds? Imagination and creativity must be at the heart of music education. The first part of this presentation focuses on how teachers can activate the creative mind that is inherent in all of us. The second part of the presentation demonstrates how a teacher can take very simple ideas or themes and cocreate performance pieces with their students.

Speakers

Deborah Ling

Elboya School, Calgary

Ms. Deborah Ling pursued her musical studies with a specialization in music composition at the University of Calgary and the University of Toronto. Under the tutelage of Professor Allan Bell at the University of Calgary, Ms. Ling earned her Bachelor of Music degree (With Distinction... Read More →

Unleashing the Creative Musical Mind pdf

Saturday October 20, 2018 10:30am - 11:45am MDT
Bordeaux Room 9

Music, Grades K-6

10:30am MDT

Music Session 4B: Assessment? Elementary, My Dear Mozart!

Limited Capacity seats available

Educational and brain research indicate powerful effects of engaging students in educational experiences that involve music. Gardner reminds us that while integrating the curriculum, we need to honour the disciplines as separate entities; musical intelligence is included. How can a regular classroom teacher include and assess music education in a meaningful way? This session will involve participants in a lively hands-on experience and furnish them with ready-to-use assessment strategies for the classroom. Music specialists and classroom teachers will leave this session with engaging ideas and effective ways to assess student learning in music. Be ready to participate, and have fun!

Speakers

Angie McGillivray

Music Specialist, Calgary Board of Education

Angie completed her Master’s degree in Education (curriculum and design) from Concordia University; she obtained her Bachelor of Music and Education degrees from the University of Calgary. It was there that she gained expertise in Kodály pedagogy, studying under Canadian guru Lois... Read More →

Saturday October 20, 2018 10:30am - 11:45am MDT
Beaujolais Room 10

Music, Grades K-6

10:30am MDT

Visual Art Session 4A: In the Spirit of Van Gogh - Pastel Drawing

Limited Capacity seats available

For those who are attracted to vibrant colours and expressive mark making, this is a perfect workshop. With help of chalk and oil pastels, exciting landscape will come to life; Vincent Van Gogh forever! Difficulty level adjusted to the grade level taught. Participants get handouts and PowerPoint presentation to use in art classroom.

Supplies provided (materials fee of $10 is payable on the conference registration website or at the session).

Speakers

Izabella Orzelski-Konikowski

Fine Arts Council

Izabella holds an MFA from the New York Academy of Art and a Ph.D. in education from the University of Alberta. Her awards and grants include Winspear Fund Grant and Dahesh Museum Award in New York. Among her commissions are portraits of Lois Hole, former Lieutenant Governor of Alberta... Read More →

VAN GOGH 2019 Izabella, Outline copy docx

Van Gogh in Pastel, 2018 pptx

Saturday October 20, 2018 10:30am - 11:45am MDT
Chablis Room 12

Visual Art, Grades 3-12

10:30am MDT

Visual Art Session 4B: Pop Art - Printmaking for the Young Artists

Limited Capacity seats available

If you like Pop Art, you need to register in this workshop right away! You will learn how to create colourful, funky prints in the easy way while working work on multiple layers. This will become your students’ favourite art project! Participants will be provided with a set of handouts and a PowerPoint presentation that can be used directly in the art classroom. The level of difficulty can be adjusted according to the grade level taught. Open to art and general teachers of grades 4 - 12. All supplies provided by instructor.

A $10 materials fee is payable on the conference registration website or at the session.

Speakers

Bogdan Konikowski

Art Instructor, Artiza

Bogdan Konikowski is an artist - educator from Edmonton, Alberta. He received his formal fine arts education in Poland. Since then, Bogdan has painted many exquisite paintings. Among his commissioned works are the life-size portraits of the late Honourable Lois E. Hole.

Saturday October 20, 2018 10:30am - 11:45am MDT
Medoc Room 14

Visual Art, Grades 3-12

11:45am MDT

AGM and Lunch

Limited Capacity seats available

Notice: Exec Positions Opening on FAC. The following positions will be opening and will be filled at our AGM during our Oct conference: Art, Dance, Generalist, President Elect, Secretary. Find out how rewarding it can be to serve on a specialist council!

Hard copies of important documents will be distributed. Digital copies can be accessed below.

Speakers

Dan Grassick

Executive Staff Officer, Professional Development, The Alberta Teachers' Association

Dan Grassick (they/them) is Executive Staff Officer in the Alberta Teachers’ Association Professional Development program area where their main responsibilities include supporting the Association's specialist councils and teachers’ conventions, and working with Alberta teacher... Read More →

Greg Jeffery

Past President, Alberta Teachers' Association

Greg is a junior high teacher with 33 years teaching band and mathematics in Fort Saskatchewan Alberta. He was first elected to Provincial Executive Council of the Alberta Teachers' Association in 2003. Greg served 4 years as Vice President of the ATA and then 2 years as its President... Read More →

Dawn Marshall

President, Fine Arts Council

Mike Wheeler

Treasurer, Fine Arts Council

Mike Wheeler teaches Drama and Math in Drayton Valley, a community of approximately 6000 citizens.

AGM agenda 2018 10 20 pdf

Saturday October 20, 2018 11:45am - 1:15pm MDT
TBA

Meal, Lunch

1:15pm MDT

Dance Session 5: Dance Your Curriculum!

Limited Capacity seats available

Are you a teacher that would like to incorporate dance into your programming? Come and explore your movement potential through Creative Dance! Come for yourself. Come for your students. You will experience a step-by-step approach for implementing BrainDance and Creative Dance with your students. This session will address the theory and concepts that are the foundation of BrainDance and Creative Dance in a practical way. Learn how dance can be integrated into other subject areas for grades K-6. A portion of the class will be devoted to addressing participant questions about teaching practices. Be prepared to move and learn!

Speakers

Chantel Sampson

J'Adore Dance, Edmonton

Chantel has been dancing since the age of three. A lifelong passion for dance has continued to fuel her spirit. Her background includes tap, jazz, ballet, contemporary, modern, ballroom, Irish Dance and Creative Movement. She has studied and trained under many talented teachers from... Read More →

Saturday October 20, 2018 1:15pm - 3:00pm MDT
Bordeaux Room 9

Dance, Grades K-12

1:15pm MDT

Drama Session 5A: Dude. Dude? Dude! - Exploring Characterization Through Intentions

Limited Capacity seats available

Through improvisational exercises, participants will explore intentional character development. We will also explore how to look at scripts and build in sub-text to continue this character play. Come prepared to participate and bring paper and writing utensils. This session's goal is to give teachers a tool kit of activities to take back to their classrooms.

Session notes are available here.

Speakers

David Froland

West Haven Public School, Leduc

Following his graduation from Grant Macewan's Theatre Arts program, David quickly found his way into education after being given an opportunity from his former high school drama teacher to direct student one act plays. A believer that character develop drives plot, David has built... Read More →

Saturday October 20, 2018 1:15pm - 3:00pm MDT
Cognac Room 15

Drama, Grades 7-12

1:15pm MDT

Drama Session 5B: Stage Makeup

Limited Capacity seats available

Learn some basic stage makeup techniques to get you started on exploring this exciting technical aspect in your class! We will look at various products and effects including bruising, bloody scars, old-age makeup, and zombies. Come ready to get painted!

Speakers

Angela Zacher

Edmonton Public Schools

Angela Zacher is a Drama enthusiast and passionate teacher within Edmonton Public for over ten years. Her past experiences include various community theatres, Citadel Foote theatre school camps, teaching Drama 7-9, Fringe theatre festival, and producing endless student productions... Read More →

Saturday October 20, 2018 1:15pm - 3:00pm MDT
Champage Room 16

Drama, Grades 7-12

1:15pm MDT

Music Session 5: Taking the Can't Out of Cantor

Limited Capacity seats available

Calling all choir directors, music specialists and & ‘WHAT? I have to teach my own music?’ classroom teachers! Angie is a captivating presenter who will have you entertained in this ‘I CAN DO IT’ session. She will guide participants through a handful of engaging rehearsal techniques for beginning, intermediate and advanced choirs. New and exciting voice, brain and body warm-ups, canons, singing tips, games and repertoire ideas will be introduced. Spiritual First Nations choral music will be explored and celebrated. Participants will leave refreshed with ideas to design an inspirational choral program and learn from other teachers in attendance. Detailed session handouts will be provided. Bring your voice and enthusiasm!

Speakers

Angie McGillivray

Music Specialist, Calgary Board of Education

Saturday October 20, 2018 1:15pm - 3:00pm MDT
Beaujolais Room 10

Music, Grades 1-6

1:15pm MDT

Visual Art Session 5A: Art Throwdown!

Limited Capacity seats available

What is an Art Throwdown?

The Art Throwdown brings students from either classes in the same school or other schools to engage in a different kind of art competition. Similar to a competitive reality show on television, each young artist is faced with a challenge: drawing when you cannot see your hands or the paper; drawing from live models; and working with a group of artists to construct a sculpture in 30 minutes or less... the idea is to bring high school artists together and really provide a live experience with visual art where friends, family, and the
larger community can get a closer look at the creative process. Student artists get hands-on experience geared towards the next level of artistic expression and learning, and showcasing what the visual arts are really all about - thinking!

This session will include a handout on the Throwdown concept, discussion and then a mini Throwdown “Artist Face Off” with session participants involving 3-4 minute visual art contests using a variety of mediums, critiquing and then selecting who will go on to the next round until a winning team is declared.

There is an additional materials fee of $5.00, payable on our conference registration site or at the session.

Speakers

Jenny Culbertson

Edmonton Catholic Schools

Jenny Culbertson is the Art and Drama Consultant with the Edmonton Catholic School Division. She has been teaching art for 20 years and is passionate about art education and has a wide variety of experience teaching Visual Arts from 100 voices to Grade 12. She has opened and designed... Read More →

Saturday October 20, 2018 1:15pm - 3:00pm MDT
Madeira Room 7

Visual Art, Grades 5-9

1:15pm MDT

Visual Art Session 5B: Painting with Wool

Limited Capacity seats available

In this session we will learn the basics as well as intermediate techniques of wet felting and progress to a landscape painting that will incorporate variouse techniquies. You will be able to take home a test piece of felt as well as a large completed work of art.

There is a $10 materials fee for this session, payable on the conference registration website or at the session.

Speakers

Shanan Tynan

Art, F. P. Walshe School, Fort Macleod

Shanan has been teaching art at F. P. Walshe School in Fort Macleod, AB for the past four years in grades 6-12 Art and Leather technologies. She enjoys bringing a diverse repertoire of art mediums and techniques to her students. Her hope is to inspire her students to find their passions... Read More →

Saturday October 20, 2018 1:15pm - 3:00pm MDT
Chablis Room 12

Visual Art, Grades 5-12

1:15pm MDT

Visual Art Session 5C: Using Acrylic Pouring Medium in the Classroom

Limited Capacity filling up

Participants will learn different techniques for creating poured paintings, including using the medium to mimic stained glass, and will leave with their own small painting.

There is a $10 supply fee for this session, payable on our main registration site or at the session.

Speakers

Lindsay Siegle

Saturday October 20, 2018 1:15pm - 3:00pm MDT
Medoc Room 14

Visual Art, Grades 10-12